Oh yea! It
was a long weekend over the Vesak Day holidays and some of us decided to head
down to KL for some Capoeira immersion programme!
For a start
we decided to drop by EBC on a Saturday at some ulu school which we almost got
lost. Professor Pimbal as well as his students were welcoming and friendly. The
intense 2-hour lesson that we had got some of us yearning for an ice cold beer
halfway through! The roda at the end of the lesson was filled with axe and the
berimbau was so well played it sounded like a musical piece.
Day 2, we
visited CDO and we got to meet CM Braulio and CM Eurico (from Australia) who
happened to be visiting KL too. Here, we experienced another capoeira style
whereby floreios are use more extensively to beautify the game. Having visited
Sunway Lagoon in the day before heading to CDO’s training, some of us were
totally drained at the end of the day. Nevertheless, we still head off for some
12am dinner and 3am booze which resulted in a few of us concussing on the
drinking table.
Overall,
the experiences we had was an eye opening one as we get to know more people in
the capoeira community, exchange training tips, and also experience the
different training and jogo styles. The trip has definitely given me more
motivation to train harder and better and some day, I would like to visit the
schools across the causeway again!
PS: Special
thanks to KY and Faizal for coordinating with the different schools and finding
the locations!
some snapshots of the trip!
And a group picture of everyONE!
Take care and train hard!
Rosa
